December 10, 2019 is International Human Rights Day

The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) recognizes the connections between human rights and developmental psychology, from the rights of developmental psychologists to conduct their work without fear of harassment or intimidation to the responsibility to act in accordance with human rights, from the opportunities to apply developmental psychological knowledge in the service of human rights, to the need to ensure equality of opportunity in learning developmental psychology and developing a professional career in this field.

SRCD is a member of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, a network of scientific, engineering and health membership organizations that recognize the role of science and scientists in the promotion and protection of human rights. The Coalition is devoted to:

bridge-building and coordinating, both within the scientific community – among scientific associations and across disciplines – and between the scientific and human rights communities; and

education and capacity-building, within scientific associations and within the human rights community.

To support this commitment, SRCD has identified the following resources on the topic of human rights and child development: